Flying a 172 with Autopilot?

Jay,


"Nav-O-Matic"??

Was there a coin slot, or had it been upgraded to accept dollar bills?

Was the Tricycle gear on a Cessna not called "Land-O-Matic"? For some folks
I know they should upgrade it to accept only LARGE bills..... ;-)

Best regards

Kai

Results: went from 200# to 189#. I think if I decide to throw a little
exercise in there I would probably drop another 10#. We'll see. I am jsut
happy as hell to be below 190#

Thanks Jay for starting me on this journey!!

Awesome, Jon! I didn't mean to start a new "Pilot's Diet" here, but what
the heck.

BTW: After several months, I'm still with it, and expect to be for life.
The strawberries at this time of year are awesome -- big as plums, and sweet
as candy. I'm munching on them all day long, am never hungry (I throw in
apples, bananas, and an occasional flavored rice cake once in a while, for
variety), my blood pressure is normal (the whole reason for starting this,
as you may recall) -- and, best of all, I'm at my target weight of 175
pounds!

I haven't weighed 175 since COLLEGE, 23 years ago. It's an amazing
feeling, having your pants fall off without a belt! :-)

23 pounds have melted away, almost without effort. I'm never hungry (did I
already say that?), and I still eat one "normal" meal each day, which can
include ANYTHING. Cake, pie, ice cream, beer, margaritas, fried chicken --
who cares? Whatever you want to eat, it's yours, cuz you've eaten nothing
but healthy fruits all day long, eliminating tons of fat and calories from
your diet.

Knowing that the "Reward Meal" is waiting at the end of the day makes eating
fruit easy -- especially when I'm literally gorging myself on the stuff.
And something interesting I've discovered: After a month or two of eating
fruit all day long, your capacity for greasy fried foods goes way down. You
would think I'd be absolutely stuffing myself with cheesecake at the end of
a "fruity" day -- but that's just not the case. I don't know if your
stomach shrinks, or if your tastes change, or what, but I'll sit down ready
to really go at it, and I'll be full LONG before I expected to be.

And, finally, no more Tums, Rolaids, or Prilosec every night, because I
don't have acid reflux anymore. That has been an unexpected and VERY nice
side effect.

I think I've stumbled across the easiest, most successful diet, ever.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

The eye plays funny tricks at this hour of the morning. I would have SWORN
the first time I read this it said that "your testes change".

{;-)

Jim




a "fruity" day -- but that's just not the case. I don't know if your
stomach shrinks, or if your tastes change, or what, but I'll sit down
ready to really go at it, and I'll be full LONG before I expected to be.

"RST Engineering" wrote in message
...
The eye plays funny tricks at this hour of the morning. I would have
SWORN
the first time I read this it said that "your testes change".


Well.... Jay did say "fruity" and.... "It's an amazing
feeling, having your pants fall off without a belt!"

Maybe!

Jim Burns

The eye plays funny tricks at this hour of the morning. I would have
SWORN
the first time I read this it said that "your testes change".


Well.... Jay did say "fruity" and.... "It's an amazing
feeling, having your pants fall off without a belt!"

Maybe!

You know, I expect this kind of stuff from the Left Coasters -- but
from a fellow-Wisconsinite?

That ain't right...

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Yes.
I used it all the time when in actual IMC as a work saver and safety
improver. It could be coupled in to the NAV1 CDI and that then could be
switched to GPS or a VOR. It was nic eon the R and S model as there is
GPS steering and I could watch the plane fly it self onto course.

On my plane, a Warrior, I have an older version of an autopilot without
GPS steering but I have a LOC-BC setting that makes flying those
approaches a little easier.

then on any long flight it is just nice to be able to set a heading and
relax a little. My friend has altitude hold on his plane. I do not like
it as much as I can trim the plane and hold alitude better than the AP can.

Scott
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VE5JL wrote:
Is there any one here flying a 172 using an autopilot?

I think on longer flights (3+ hours) and autopilot would be an advantage,
however there are some in the old school that think it is not necessary.

I'd like some opinions.

thx

Joe


http://www.ve5jl.com




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You know, I expect this kind of stuff from the Left Coasters -- but
from a fellow-Wisconsinite?

That ain't right...

ROFL I'm just glad you responded!! If you hadn't I'd have been REALLY
worried!!
Jim

I think your eyes saw the word "shrink" and you mind then saw what it
wanted to see.

RST Engineering wrote:
The eye plays funny tricks at this hour of the morning. I would have SWORN
the first time I read this it said that "your testes change".

a "fruity" day -- but that's just not the case. I don't know if your
stomach shrinks, or if your tastes change, or what, but I'll sit down
ready to really go at it, and I'll be full LONG before I expected to be.

I've been calorie counting myself. I stepped on the scales a while
back and it shockingly said 238 lbs. That's higher that I had ever
been in my life, so I've relegated myself to 1800 calories per day.

Doesn't matter what I eat. I can have a burger if I want; milkshake if
I want; 5 Mountain Dews per day if I want. The only catch is I look at
the Nutrition labels on the back of EVERYTHING (and I only eat at
restaurants that publish their Nutritional Data). I do the math to
figure out the # of cals in everything I eat, then write that down.
Once I make it to 1800 - time to stop eating for today. I can still
drink all the water I want (and if I get REALLY hungry I can eat dill
pickles as they have almost no calories).

I've managed to get down to 228 lbs now. It's slow going (weight
usually drops off at around 1 to 2 lbs per week), but given that I can
satisfy any craving I have, it makes it a lot easier to stick to.
Though it's a ways off, I'm hoping to get back under 200 lbs (haven't
been there in about 8 years).

Of course this is all for piloting too. I've been looking at various
homebuilt airplanes, and quite a few of the single seaters that I'm
interested in (namely the Nieuport 11/17 replicas) don't look like they
would lift me + full fuel off the ground . I'm hoping to improve
that situation LOL.

Congrats to both of you! Notice any change in fuel burn?

I lost 40 pounds over the last couple of years. The Pitts is definitely
more spritely at the top of the verticals than it used to be. I can do some
cool gyro stuff I don't remember doing before!

Shawn
Lighter than when in high school

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:WHvye.124977$_o.36239@attbi_s71...
Results: went from 200# to 189#. I think if I decide to throw a little
exercise in there I would probably drop another 10#. We'll see. I am jsut
happy as hell to be below 190#

Thanks Jay for starting me on this journey!!

Awesome, Jon! I didn't mean to start a new "Pilot's Diet" here, but what
the heck.

BTW: After several months, I'm still with it, and expect to be for life.
The strawberries at this time of year are awesome -- big as plums, and
sweet as candy. I'm munching on them all day long, am never hungry (I
throw in apples, bananas, and an occasional flavored rice cake once in a
while, for variety), my blood pressure is normal (the whole reason for
starting this, as you may recall) -- and, best of all, I'm at my target
weight of 175 pounds!

I haven't weighed 175 since COLLEGE, 23 years ago. It's an amazing
feeling, having your pants fall off without a belt! :-)

23 pounds have melted away, almost without effort. I'm never hungry (did
I already say that?), and I still eat one "normal" meal each day, which
can include ANYTHING. Cake, pie, ice cream, beer, margaritas, fried
chicken -- who cares? Whatever you want to eat, it's yours, cuz you've
eaten nothing but healthy fruits all day long, eliminating tons of fat and
calories from your diet.

Knowing that the "Reward Meal" is waiting at the end of the day makes
eating fruit easy -- especially when I'm literally gorging myself on the
stuff. And something interesting I've discovered: After a month or two of
eating fruit all day long, your capacity for greasy fried foods goes way
down. You would think I'd be absolutely stuffing myself with cheesecake
at the end of a "fruity" day -- but that's just not the case. I don't
know if your stomach shrinks, or if your tastes change, or what, but I'll
sit down ready to really go at it, and I'll be full LONG before I expected
to be.

And, finally, no more Tums, Rolaids, or Prilosec every night, because I
don't have acid reflux anymore. That has been an unexpected and VERY
nice side effect.

I think I've stumbled across the easiest, most successful diet, ever.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"